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80s New Wave Pioneers Announces One Night Only Reunion
By the mid-1980s, Contemporary Christian Music was changing. The pioneering Jesus Music movement had matured. Arena rock was arriving through bands like Petra and DeGarmo & Key. Artists like Steve Taylors were proving Christian music could be creative, clever, and culturally relevant. Meanwhile, a new sound was emerging from across the Atlantic. New wave, with its shimmering synthesizers, angular guitars, and infectious pop melodies, was reshaping mainstream music through artists like Tears for Fears, The Cars, Duran Duran, and Simple Minds. Christian music needed its own answer. In 1986, Bash-N-The-Code arrived. Now the band is ready to celebrate. Four decades after the release of their groundbreaking self-titled debut on Myrrh…
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PFR Announces First New Album in 20 Years
Christian rock band will release ‘Target and the Arrow’ this fall, marking its first studio album since 2006.
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When Hurts Don’t Heal or Help
My son dragged me into it. I didn’t want to cross my eyes. It hurt. I kept trying, hoping to please him. Yet, I failed. Only he could turn two images into one 3-D image by crossing his eyes. Once he conquered that technique, he moved on to a video. There, a girl named Mara rapidly flashed up complex onscreen images and, in each one, my son found a super-small thing wrong with them. “There,” he said, eyes crossed in order to spot the error visually. He pointed out a small, centimeter-sized error in the mix of hundreds of M&M candies. The next image flashed up. “I see what’s wrong…
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Summer In Bellbird Bay by Maggie Christensen
Coming Home Summer In Bellbird Bay by Maggie Christensen is a most delightful contemporary novel that I adored. It is the first book in the fantastic Bellbird Bay series. Maggie Christensen writes with warmth and an understanding of her characters lives. Her leading characters are in their fifties. They prove that even though they are […]
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Remembering Bob Farrell of Farrell & Farrell
Today we join the Christian music community in mourning the passing of Bob Farrell, one-half of the groundbreaking duo Farrell & Farrell and a songwriter, producer, and creative visionary whose influence reached generations of believers. Long before Christian music became the thriving industry it is today, Bob Farrell was helping define what it could become. Alongside his wife, Jayne, Bob formed Farrell & Farrell, releasing their self-titled debut in 1978. Their first single, “Earthmaker,” became a Top 5 Christian radio hit, launching a career marked by musical innovation and lyrical depth. Throughout the late 1970s and 1980s, albums like A Portrait of Us All, Make Me Ready, Choices, Jump to Conclusions, Manifesto, and Superpower showcased a band unafraid to…
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Social Media CEO Asks: What Would Jesus Post?
For years, the conversation around social media has sounded the same. It’s too toxic. It’s too addictive. It’s making us anxious. It’s dividing us. Most people agree there’s a problem. Few believe there’s a real solution. Then I sat down with Shawn Whitson, founder and CEO of ActsSocial, and I realized he isn’t simply trying to build another social network, he’s trying to rethink what social media rewards in the first place. His pitch isn’t, “Come to our Christian version of Facebook.” It’s much bigger than that. As Whitson told me, “A lot of people call us a Christian social media app. We’re really a social media app for…
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My Dear I Wanted I Wanted To Tell You by Louisa Young
Horrifyingly Powerful – The Futility Of War My Dear I Wanted To Tell You by Louisa Young is a horrifyingly powerful historical novel that consumed me from the start. It is set during World War I and perfectly illustrates the futility of war. It is mainly written from a masculine point of view of a […]
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Isaiah Johnson and the Big Game by Esau McCaulley
Isaiah is mad at his dad for missing most of his big game, and he must learn to forgive and reconcile. The post Isaiah Johnson and the Big Game by Esau McCaulley appeared first on Redeemed Reader.
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Between the Lines by Sandra Neil Wallace
Ernie Barnes wanted to paint, but in the segregated South, his guarantee was football first. The post Between the Lines by Sandra Neil Wallace appeared first on Redeemed Reader.
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Anne Wilson Finds New Light on Deluxe Album
‘Stars (Blue Hour Deluxe)’ is out now
